Tag: Judea and Samaria
‘Forbes’ reports Airbnb policy ‘growing headache’; app now to ban Palestinian listings
A recent article in Forbes magazine reported that Airbnb’s decision to delist 200 Jewish residences in Judea and Samaria from its popular travel rental site is becoming a “growing headache” for the company, with new reports...
Injured pregnant terror victim improves, newborn baby in critical condition
Shira Yael Ish-Ran, the 21-year-old pregnant woman who was shot by Palestinian terrorists along with her husband and five other people at a bus stop near the town of Ofra in Samaria, is reported...
Business leaders, officials lament the toll BDS has taken on Judea and Samaria
At a gathering of senior Israeli officials, business leaders and other global representatives at the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference, the BDS movement was at the forefront of discussion following the recent news of Airbnb’s...
Beverly Hills boycotts Airbnb after company bans listings in Israeli settlements
In the wake of Airbnb’s decision last week to remove listings of rentals in Israeli settlements, the city council in Beverly Hills, California, announced over the weekend it plans to boycott the short-term home-rental company.
“We...
Judea and Samaria apartment owners file class action against Airbnb in Jerusalem
A group of Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria filed a class action lawsuit against Airbnb in Jerusalem District Court on Thursday, after the travel home rental company erased 200 listings which they said...
Airbnb to remove Jewish rental listings in Judea and Samaria
The online marketplace and hospitality service Airbnb announced on Monday that it will no longer permit listings in Judea and Samaria due to what it alleges as “Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank that are...
Spanish VIPs get the message: BDS is bad for everyone
The ongoing barrage of Hamas rockets on Sunday and into Monday didn’t stop a group of 10 Spanish lawmakers, policy-shapers and journalists currently in Israel from continuing their fact-finding mission about the threats that...
International soccer group acquiesces to Israeli broadcast in Judea, Samaria
The Union of European Football Associations relented to a request by Israel’s national broadcaster to televise the Euro 2020 and 2022 World Cup qualifier soccer games, after a year of negotiation over whether the...
Israeli broadcasting authority battling football association for right to show games in Judea, Samaria
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has refused to allow Israel’s national broadcaster, Kan, to broadcast the World Cup and Euro 2020 soccer games to Israeli television sets in Judea, Samaria or eastern...
Israel launches new medical school at Ariel University
Israel inaugurated a new medical school on Sunday, the sixth medical school in Israel, and the first in Judea and Samaria.
A ceremony at the new facility was attended by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, Education...